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Delaware Attorney General election, 2026 (September 15 Republican primary)

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Filing deadline: July 14, 2026
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A Republican Party primary takes place on September 15, 2026, in Delaware to determine which candidate will earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's attorney general election on November 3, 2026.



This page focuses on Delaware's Republican Party Attorney General primary. For more in-depth information on Delaware's Democratic Attorney General primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies


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Voting information

See also: Voting in Delaware

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in Delaware and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Delaware, 2026
District Incumbent PVI
Delaware's At-Large Sarah McBride D+8

2024 presidential results by 2026 congressional district lines

2024 presidential results in congressional districts, Delaware
District Kamala Harris Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Delaware's At-Large 57.0% 42.0%
Source: The Downballot

2016-2024

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2024 presidential election, 56.1% of Delawareans lived in one of the state's 1 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2016 to 2024, and 25.5% lived in one of 1 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Delaware was Solid Democratic, having voted for Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, Joe Biden (D) in 2020, and Kamala Harris (D) in 2024. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Delaware following the 2024 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Delaware presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party R R R D R R R R R D D D R R R D D R R D R R R D D D D D D D D D

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Delaware

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Delaware.

U.S. Senate election results in Delaware
Race Winner Runner up
2024 56.6%Democratic Party 39.5%Republican Party
2020 59.4%Democratic Party 37.9%Republican Party
2018 60.0%Democratic Party 37.8%Republican Party
2014 55.8%Democratic Party 42.4%Republican Party
2012 66.4%Democratic Party 29.0%Republican Party
Average 59.6 37.3

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Delaware

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Delaware.

Gubernatorial election results in Delaware
Race Winner Runner up
2024 56.1%Democratic Party 43.9%Republican Party
2020 59.5%Democratic Party 38.6%Republican Party
2016 58.3%Democratic Party 39.2%Republican Party
2012 69.3%Democratic Party 28.6%Republican Party
2008 67.5%Democratic Party 32.1%Republican Party
Average 62.1 36.5
See also: Party control of Delaware state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Delaware's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Delaware
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 1 3
Republican 0 0 0
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 1 3

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Delaware's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in Delaware, October 2025
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Matt Meyer
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Kyle Evans Gay
Secretary of State Democratic Party Charuni Patibanda-Sanchez
Attorney General Democratic Party Kathy Jennings

State legislature

Delaware State Senate

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 15
     Republican Party 6
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 21

Delaware House of Representatives

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 27
     Republican Party 14
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 41

Trifecta control

Delaware Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

The table below details demographic data in Delaware and compares it to the broader United States as of 2023.

Demographic Data for Delaware
Delaware United States
Population 989,948 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 1,948 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 61.8% 63.4%
Black/African American 21.9% 12.4%
Asian 4.1% 5.8%
Native American 0.4% 0.9%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.4%
Other (single race) 4.1% 6.6%
Multiple 7.6% 10.7%
Hispanic/Latino 10.7% 19%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.4% 89.4%
College graduation rate 35.3% 35%
Income
Median household income $82,855 $78,538
Persons below poverty level 10.7% 12.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State profile

Demographic data for Delaware
 DelawareU.S.
Total population:944,076316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):1,9493,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:69.4%73.6%
Black/African American:21.6%12.6%
Asian:3.6%5.1%
Native American:0.3%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.7%3%
Hispanic/Latino:8.7%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:88.4%86.7%
College graduation rate:30%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,509$53,889
Persons below poverty level:13.9%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Delaware.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Delaware

Delaware voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Delaware, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[1] As of May 2017, eight state House districts and five state Senate districts intersected with a Pivot County in Delaware. The state has one at-large congressional district.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Delaware had one Boomerang Pivot County, 4.00% of all Boomerang Pivot Counties.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.


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